(Bangladesh Mobile Water Purification Plant)
Compact Portable Distribution Type Purification Plant
and Environmental Education

New Cycloclean

Nippon Basic Co., Ltd.

Outline of Nippon Basic
Nippon Basic works tocontribute to the productionof safe drinking water.

Name

Nippon Basic Co., Ltd.

Location

2 floor Ujihashi Building, 767-2 Shin-Maruko-machi,
Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 211-0005
2-minute walk from Shin-Maruko Station on Tokyu Toyoko Line
TEL.+81-(0)44-738-2215 FAX.+81-(0)44-738-2216
Email nipponbasic@ceres.ocn.ne.jp
URL http://www.nipponbasic.ecnet.jpWe are producing drinking water in Bangladesh ina private/government collaboration with Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

ndRepresentative President

Water purification
system integrated
into bicycles

Yuichi Katsuura

EstablishedMay 2005

Capital35 million yen

BanksMusashi Kosugi Branch of The Bank of YokohamaMotosumiyoshi Branch of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Musashi Kosugi Branch of The Shiba Shinkin Bank
Musashi Kosugi Branch of Kawasaki Shinkin

Main Sales Contacts Kawasaki City, JICA
AIT Corporation, ALSOKDesh Bidesh Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Bangladesh)
Myanmar Yutani Co., Ltd. (Myanmar) and others
Main Suppliers

Basic Co., Ltd., Miyata Cycle Co., Ltd.
Osawa Seisakusho Co., Ltd., MIZSEI MFG CO., LTD.
KITZ MICROFILTER CORPORATION, PRIMENET and others

Products

Water purification systems integrated into bicycles,
Seawater desalination equipment, Portable water purification
kits for disaster situations, Water purification equipment for at
all times (disasters included), Gasoline engine driven water
purification equipment and others

With the backing of JICA
financial support, we built awater plant on the outskirt ofDacca in Bangladesh, andstarted a water supply
business for informal
settlements.

Creating newwork for the
many rickshaw
drivers/riders
who live in
informalsettlements

 Using leg power of rickshaw drivers
in informal settlements
 Pedal power creating cheap, safewater
 Contributing to improvements inhygiene by providing safe, clean,affordable drinking water to informal
settlements

There has been a big public
response to the water supply
activities in informal
settlements, even leading to
the start of water hygiene
education that targets
children, with hundreds ofchildren and adults attending
each hygiene talk.

Using water in the home

Clean water is good for business

Water hygiene class in an
informal settlement

The safe water is made use ofin the informal settlements,
with tea shops using the waterin milk tea (5 taka per cup)and cups of water (1 taka percup), In this way, base of theeconomic pyramid (BOP)business has begun.
A tea shop proprietress

JICA’s WorldMay 2013 publication
On-the-spot article about
Bangladesh BOP ProjectNext step is to study how a BOP business project can be made to work

Kawasaki Chamber of Commerceand Industry
Kawasaki Foundation for Promotionof industry
Kawasaki Economy and Labor Bureau
Kawasaki Shinkin BankSupportUNIDOJETROInternational support groups such as JICA

ProposalCooperation request

Jointproposal
team

Cooperatingbodies ingovernment oftarget country

Counterpart: Department of Public
Health Engineering (DPHE)
Cooperating bodies: Ministry ofDisaster Management and Relief
and Ministry of Primary and Mass
Education

FY2018

Aim to implement
demonstration project

Applied in October 2017 for project for water supply distribution business using purification equipment
integrated into bicycles that provide direct supply
Based on a study of equipment available for emergency water supplying and the setup of community
disaster prevention schemes in Bangladesh, we aim to use Cycloclean (a bicycle & purifier combo
that provides safe drinking water without the need for electricity) in a distribution demonstration
project that supplies water and improves hygiene.

Cooperative Work with Grameen Veolia

Piping supply water to agriculturalcommunities in Bangladesh* 1-kilometer of pipeline costs 3 million taka (approximately 3.6
million yen), *Water charge of 2.5 taka (approximately 4 yen) per10 liters, *Maximum pipeline length of 7 kilometers

Plan B: Portable & Compact Purification Plant for Distribution –“Visiting Water Purification Plant”
Project to supplement pipeline water supply

Freeing women from the hard labor involved in drawing andcarrying water long distances
H hamletD hamletI hamlet

E hamletG hamletB hamlet

F hamletReturn home

J hamletMovingbetweenhamlets

C hamletVisiting work

A hamletMovingbetweenhamlets

Town/village
NGO operation center
Number of Cyclocleans requiredfor population and hamlets

Saturday: Wash/replace filters, etc., andcarry out maintenance

Stockpiling base for Cyclocleans,spare replacement filters andmembrane detergent, etc.

No need to fetch water from afar, as the purification plant will comeright into the hamlet, close to homes! Water charges also can be paid by barteringwith agricultural produce and dried fish, etc.

Joint Research with Kawasaki Environment Bureau(2007-2008 Visiting Local Elementary Schools to Provide Lessons)

Article in Kanagawa Shimbun (newspaper) on December 12, 2007

Article in morning edition of Tokyo Shimbun (newspaper)on December 12, 2007

Thank you for your kind attention

Nippon Basic Co., Ltd.